Return-path: Received: from he.sipsolutions.net ([78.46.109.217]:52469 "EHLO sipsolutions.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755010Ab2LFNAj (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Dec 2012 08:00:39 -0500 Message-ID: <1354798860.10150.2.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> (sfid-20121206_140043_828526_DE522F4F) Subject: Re: [PATCH] mac80211: dont drop mesh peering frames from unknown STA From: Johannes Berg To: Marco Porsch Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, devel@lists.open80211s.org Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2012 14:01:00 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1354748666-16123-1-git-send-email-marco.porsch@etit.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <1354748666-16123-1-git-send-email-marco.porsch@etit.tu-chemnitz.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2012-12-05 at 15:04 -0800, Marco Porsch wrote: > Previously, mesh peering frames from a STA without a station entry were being > dropped. > > Mesh Peering Open and Co. frames (WLAN_CATEGORY_SELF_PROTECTED) although from > a yet unknown STA are valid mesh peering frames. The STA entry will followingly > be created in mesh_peer_init. > The problem was previously worked around since both STA receive the beacons > of one another which create the STA entry. Yet, this creates an unnecessary > delay and beacons may not be received if either node is in PS mode. Applied. johannes